The Brookhaven leader., 1887-04-14
SOUTHERN GLEANINoS.

Rev. Nat G.. Taylor, father OF tho Gov
ernor of Tennessee died few days slnca
in Carter County Tenn. He was e minis
sioner OF Indian Affairs under President
johnson.
The cotton factors and buyers of New
Orleans have resolved TO employ no mem
bers of the labor unions.
Bob McWhirter. alias Robinson, and
Mont Hill were arrestsl at Shreveport,
La, a few days ago on warrants charging
them with hOrse-stealing in Texas. TIey
had been in Shreveport sev .ral times WI tn
stock, and had a.ways bee looked upon
as honest dealers. Tn ,ir last bu lch con-
sisted Of nine horses, fiv5 OF which were
identified as stolen, two of them b elo g
ing TOD. A. Neil, of Grayso1 County, and
two to A. Z. Hughes, of Collinsville,
Grayson County.
The X Ipreme Court of VI ssissippi has
affirmed the decision of the iow" "r court IN
the case of thn Louisville, New o c tns &
Texas raiiro d vs.. T. e. Thompson. This
is a suit brought for dam Iges by Tn IN D
son against the railroad company for in
juries received at Rockville, F 'ankln
County In January, 1856 He sui for
30 900 lamages, but the Try only awrrl
ei him $l5 000, which the Slp.ene Court
an me l.
The Montgomery (Ala) AID Ala 1ta
TIA military companies h ,vs r5s I've u
withdraw from the w Is1iu ton drill b.
cause OF the admss iol OF col0red organi-
Zations.
W liam Myrick, q negro Roy about
eighteen velrs old, was tried in the City
Court at Montgomery, Ala, q few VS.
ago, on a charge of fclonious assault, con.
victed and sentenced to the penitenu sry
for life.
The most disastrous fire that ever visit.
ed LOUSY lie, Tx, consumed the larg
Touring mill of the Lol'vi lie Nil Com
pany few days ago The loss ia s. 900
with no Insurance
Tw attempts were rece"t'y M 1de to cut
levees along the Mississippi III Douisianl,
pr5tab'y for the purpose getting water
to float logs to mill The guards ave
| been doubled, and armed with Winchester
rifles
The ladies of Manassas, Va, have
! formed a memorial as ,Ociatiou for the
| purpose of putting a stone wall arou I'd
| the Con fe lerate cemetery OF the historic
h lis near Bull Run. II each Southern
S ate will contribute SOD, the prop osed
wall could be built.
The apple, pear and peach trees are in
boom in many parts of Virginia. There
always comes frost in that State W tn
| the April fun moon. Col rains and snow
| have given prem )nitions Of its coming.
Hon. John H Reagan has recovered
sufl ,iently from his late fall from his
horse at Pa eStine, Tex, u be out on the
streets and a tend to his privat, AID oti-
| cial CORES spondence, which has accumu-
latel large y during his confinement to
| his bed.
Rufus Fuller, a prisoner in irons,
lump from an east-bou ID train on the
East Ten lessee, Virginia & Georgia rail
road near Knoxville, Tenn, few nights
ago, while the train was running at TIE
rate Cf forty-five miles an hour, and es-
| capped with but little inju'v.
Soft Pickler, a white boy thirteen years
| old who shot and kIllei Chester d odd,
another white boy about ten years old, in
| Jackson, TEN. last Jarulry. was tried
| recently in the Circuit Court for murder
in the first degree. The case was ably
argued on both sides. The jury returned
a verdict % cqIittai.
Hon. d. Wyatt AIKEN, late Representa-
tive in Congress from the Third South
Carolina d strict, died at his home in
| CoinsNury, s C., q few days ago AGED
! tif whine. He had been III for long
time.
DR. NJ L. NJ oore an honored citizen OF
| G inesville, Fla, WIS recently driven
from homo by anonymous letters cha'g-
ing him with malprac ice. An indign =
| ton meeting was held bv two hunl ed
promne II tit z,ns. who invited him to re-
turn, pie 'gei hlm protect O., and sub
scrb ID 500 IS q reward for the detec ion
OF the letter writer.
The sta'ue OF neral Albert Si1Tey
Johnson, who fell while leading the Con-
fe Ierate army OF III Est lay OF tl3 ba-
tie Of Shiloh. Apr,l 6 S.? was unvc I'D
in New Orleans on the 6 h inst, the
twenty fifth anniversary Of that ever
N nmorab s'r1ggle.
The ruling selsat on at Mont gomerv,
Ala, is the fndi' G OF the LOST book in
" hich was recordH the nj Of Treas
urcr Vim 'ent. When he defau,te1 an l
left The State, in January, 1893, the book
could not be fount, AMI the suppositioH
was thu he ha N lde way with it. il
was found few days since behind an old
saf In the I easurer's Off e. Three
bond smen who could not be remem bered
are still liable, but a"e r3D1rte to b I'VE
very little pronerty. Vincent has alw lys
ienel the cha G , th.t he made way with
the book and bond.
Miss Carrie Sharr, of Shalbvville, T'nn..
who was to have been marie to A. II,
Ruth few days ago, was accidentally
shot and kille | on n evening preceding
her wedding ", while h lndl ng re-
volver viii h I'D dropp' d from Mr..
Ruth's pocket. Sac was buried II = I
wedding dress
The citizens OF Uotonvillo, Kv., IN sur
rounding country are at the highest pitch
Of e1 citement over a new and ricl dis
cove"v of undergrou d ire ISures living
near there Very valuable iron ore, foun
by ANALYSIS to be eighty per cent. pure,
aud in almost iuexhalstible quantities II
4 und Just on the W stern boundary Of the
town.
1t teing snerll'v un1erstoo d that one
or more negro companies will enter the
military e1campme 1t at Wdshi1Cton, the
Douglass r. fies, of Tyler, Tex, have deter
mined not u attend the encampment IN
less 1t is officially announced tn It tn
negroes will neil her enter thu eIclm0-
ment as companies nor participate IN the
drill.
Alva Fullerton. a white farm9r, who
livei ten miles from Opelika, Lee County,
Ala, comm tied suicide a few nights ago
hanging nm 'e'f in his barn with plir OF
plow lines. He was about thirty years
o d and leaves q wife and seven children
Harry Bo ygs and AUGUST Massoni tr led
recently at Louisvil G, XIV, for comm m!ttine
an aggravate as 'ault on Rev. StepAen p
Holcomb in that city in January last, were
found guilty by the jury, who fixed their
punishm mt at fine of 500 each and
Ave years impris )rment.
Charleston Is getting ovor the shakes.